(zhèng cháng) - normal, regular, ordinary in Mandarin
zhèngchángTraditional: 正常
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Translation
normal, regular, ordinary
Word origin
正常 (zhèngcháng) 'normal' joins 正 (zhèng, 'correct, regular') and 常 (cháng, 'constant, usual'). 常 is a phono-semantic compound with the 巾 (jīn, 'cloth') radical and 尚 (shàng) as phonetic, originally a long garment and hence 'lasting, usual'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 正 (zhèng, 'correct') + 常 (cháng, 巾 cloth + 尚 phonetic, 'usual')
Stroke order
正
常
Examples
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This is quite normal.
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Everything is normal today.
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Everything is perfectly normal.
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His heartbeat is normal.
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This is a normal phenomenon.
正常 (zhèng cháng) means normal, regular, ordinary. It is used as an adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.
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